Scholars have long argued that dehumanization causes violence. However, others have
recently argued that those who harm do so because they feel pressured or view violence as …

Dehumanization has figured prominently in intergroup discrimination and violence, which
has inspired sustained social-psychological inquiry. Over two decades, researchers have …

Relative to the study of prejudice and stereotyping, the systematic study of how we animalize
outgroup members is a newcomer to the study of intergroup relations. With remarkable gains …

Background: Dehumanization refers to the tendency of individuals or groups to attribute
fewer human characteristics to other individuals or groups (referred to as hetero …

Introduction Current social issues such as bullying, online violence, and local conflicts are
all prominent topics in the field of psychology and linked to dehumanization. However …

To more fully grasp dehumanization, this special issue situates its psychological study within
a larger interdisciplinary context. We have drawn papers, not only from social and …

Blatantly likening humans to animals is associated with discrimination and hostility. The
power of dehumanizing animal metaphors is thought to lie in the belief that animals are …

In the current research we investigated how people deal with decisions in which they have
to reject others, something that is unavoidably part of many selection procedures. Integrating …

This paper argues that the so‐called 'paradox'of dehumanization is a mirage arising from
misplaced abstraction. The alleged 'paradox'is taken as a challenge that arises from a …

Blatantly likening humans to animals is associated with discrimination and hostility. The
power of dehumanizing animal metaphors is thought to lie in the belief that animals are …